ML17299B186
| ML17299B186 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 04/11/1986 |
| From: | Licitra E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Van Brunt E ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR |
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| NUDOCS 8604180016 | |
| Download: ML17299B186 (15) | |
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Dear Mr. Van Brunt:
SUBJECT:
PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 2 DRAFT FULL POWER LICENSE The staff is preparing a full power license for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2.
Enclosed is a draft copy of the license.
It is being provided for your information, review and comment to insure that it accurately reflects the commitments required of you as described in the
We request that you review the draft license and provide any comments in writing by April 15, 1986.
Should you have any questions regarding this draft
- license, please let me know.
Sincerely, Oeigtnat Stgned hy:
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Unit 2 Draft Full Power License cc:
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Docket No.:
50-529 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555
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Van Brunt, Jr.
Executive Vice President Arizona Nuclear Power Project Post Office Box 52034 Phoenix, Arizona 85072-2034
Dear Mr. Van Brunt:
SUBJECT:
PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 2 DRAFT FULL POWER LICENSE The staff is preparing a full power license for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2.
Enclosed is a draft copy of the license.
It is being provided for your information, review and comment to insure that it accurately reflects the commitments required of you as described in the
We request that you review the draft license and provide any comments in writing by April 15, 1986.
Should you have any questions regarding this draft
- license, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Enclosure:
Unit 2 Draft Full Power License cc:
See next page E. A. Licitra, Project Manager PWR Project Directorate No.
7 Division of PWR Licensing-B
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Arizona Nuclear Power Project Palo Verde CC:
Arthur C. Gehr, Esq.
Snell
& Wilmer 3100 Valley Center Phoenix, Arizona 85073 Mr. James M. Flenner, Chief Counsel Arizona Corporation Commission 1200 West Washington Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Charles R. Kocher, Esq. Assistant Council James A. Boeletto, Esq.
Southern California Edison Company P. 0.
Box 800
- Rosemead, California 91770 Mr. Mark Ginsberg Energy Director Office of Economic Planning and Development 1700 West Washington - 5th Floor Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Mr. Wayne Shirley Assistant Attorney General Bataan Memorial Building Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 Kenneth Berlin, Esq.
Winston
& Strawn Suite 500 2550 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Ms. Lynne Bernabei Government Accountability Project of the Institute for Policy Studies 1901 Que Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 Ms. Jill Morrison 522 E. Colgate Tempi, Arizona 85238 Mr. Charles B. Brinkman, Manager Washington Nuclear Operations Combustion Engineering, Inc.
7910 Woodmont Avenue Suite 1310
- Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Mr. Ron Rayner P. 0.
Box 1509
- Goodyear, AZ 85338 Mr. Roy Zimmerman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. 0.
Box 239 Arlington, Arizona 85322 Ms. Patricia Lee Hourihan 6413 S. 26th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Regional Administrator, Region V
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1450 Maria Lane Suite 210 Walnut Creek, California 94596
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STN 50-529 PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 2 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE License No.
NPF-51 1.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or the NRC) has found that:
A.
The application for license filed by Arizona Public Service
- Company, on behalf of itself'nd the Salt River Project Agricultural Improve-ment and Power District, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Edison
- Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Southern California Public Power Authority (licensees),
complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
- amended, and the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made; B.
Construction of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2 (facility) has been substantially completed in conformity with Construction Permit No.
CPPR-142 and the application, as
- amended, the provisions of the Act and the regulations of the Commission; C.
The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as
- amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission (except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.D below);
D.
There is reasonable assurance:
(i) that the activities authorized by this operating license can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I (except as exempted from compliance in Section 2.D below);
E.
Arizona Public Service Company* is technically qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this operating license in accordance with the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; F.
The licensees have satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, "Financial Protection Requirements and Indemnity Agreements", of the Commission's regulations; G.
The issuance of this license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; H.
After weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits of the facility against environmental and other costs, and after considering available alternatives, the issuance of this Facility Operating License No. NPF-46, subject to the conditions for protection of the environment set forth in the Environmental Protection Plan attached as Appendix B, is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51 of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; and I.
The receipt, possession, and use of source, byproduct and special nuclear material as authorized by this license will be in accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70.
2.
Pursuant to approval by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission at a meeting held on April
, 1986, the license for fuel loading and low power
- testing, License No. NPF-46, issued on December 9, 1985, is superseded by Facility Operating License No. NPF-51 hereby issued to the Arizona Public Service Company, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, El Paso Electric'ompany, Southern California Edison
- Company, Public Service Company of New Yiexico, Los Angeles Department of Water and
- Power, and Southern California Public Power Authority (licensees) to read as follows:
- rizona u
ic ervice Company is authorized to act as agent for Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Edison
- Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Southern Cali'fornia Publ.ic Power Authority and has exclusive responsibility and control over the physical construction, operation and maintenance of the facility.
A.
This license applies to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2, a pressurized water reactor and associated equipment (facility) owned by the licensees.
The facility is located on the licensees'ite in Maricopa County, Arizona and is described in the licensees'inal Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended; in the related CESSAR Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and amended through Amendment No. 8; and in their Environmental
- Report, as supplemented and amended.
B.
Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated
- herein, the Commission hereby licenses:
( 1)
Pursuant to Section 103 of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, Arizona Public Service Company, Salt River Project Agricultural Improve-ment and Power District, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Edison
- Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Southern California Public Power Authority to possess, and Arizona Public Service Company (APS) to use and operate the facility at the designated location in Maricopa County, Arizona, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this license; (2)
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, APS to receive, possess and use at any time special nuclear material as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts required for reactor operation, as described in the licensees'inal Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and
- amended, and the CESSAR Final Safety Analysis Report as supplemented and amended through Amendment No. 8; (3)
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, APS to
- receive, possess and use at any time any byproduct, source and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for reactor
- startup, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radia-tion monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (4)
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 30, 40 and 70, APS to
- receive, possess and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemical or physical form, for sample analysis or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or components; and (5)
Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, APS to
- possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of the facility.
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C.
This license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:
(I)
Maximum Power Level Arizona Public Service Company (APS) is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3800 megawatts thermal
( 1005 power) in accordance with the conditions specified herein and in Attachment I to this license.
The items identified in Attachment 1 to this license shall be completed as specified.
Attachment 1 is hereby incorporated into this license.
(2)
Technical S ecifications and Environmental Protection Plan The Technical Specifications contained in Appendix A and the Environmental Protection Plan contained in Appendix B, both of which are attached
- hereto, are hereby incorporated into this license.
APS shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications and the Environmental Protection Plan.
(3)
Antitrust Conditions This license is subject to the antitrust conditions delineated in Appendix C to this license.
(4) 0 eratin Staff Ex erience Re uirements (Section 13.1.2, SSER 9)*
APS shall have a licensed senior operator on each shift who has had at least six months of hot operating experience on the same type of plant, including startup and shutdown experience and at least six weeks at power levels greater than 20% of full power.
(5)
Initial Test Pro ram (Section 14, SER and SSER 2)
Any changes in the initial test program described in Section 14 of the FSARs (Palo Verde and CESSAR),
made in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.59 shall be reported in accordance with 50.59(b) within one month of such change.
- he parent et>ca notation following the title of many'icense conditions denotes the section of the Safety Evaluation Report and/or its supplements wherein the license condition is discussed.
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(6)
Fire Protection Pro ram (Section 9.5.1, SSER 6, SSER 7 and SSER 8
APS shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report for the facility, as supple-mented and
- amended, and as approved in the SER through Supplement 8, subject to the following provision:
APS may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the Commission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.
(7)
Inservice Ins ection Pro ram (Sections 5.2.4 and 6.6, SER and Prior to September 10,
- 1986, APS shall submit the inservice inspection program for Unit 2 for NRC review and approval.
(8)
Su lement No.
1 to NUREG-0737 Re uirements APS shall complete the items listed in Attachment 2.
D.
( 1)
APS has previously been granted an exemption from Paragraph III.D.2(b)(ii) of Appendix J to 10 CFR Part 50.
This exemption was previously granted in Facility Operating License NPF-46 pursuant to 10 CFR 50. 12.
(2)
APS has previously been granted a partial exemption from those portions of General Design Criterion 4 of Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 50 which require protection of structures,
- systems, and components against certain dynamic effects associated with postulated reactor coolant system pipe breaks.
This exemption was granted on November 29, 1985 (50 FR 50020) pursuant to 10 CFR 50. 12 for a period ending with the completion of the second refueling outage for PVNGS-2 or the adoption of the proposed rulemaking for modification of GDC 4 whichever occurs first.
'k'ith these granting of these exemptions, the facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as
- amended, the provisions of the Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission.
E.
APS shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the physical security, guard training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans previously approved by the Commission and all amendments and revisions to such plans made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p).
The plans, which
contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, are entitled:
"Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Security Plan,"
with revisions submitted through November 20, 1985, including a
Chapter 8 Contingency Plan and "Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Guard Training and (}ualification Plan," with revisons submitted through July 2, 1985.
F.
Except as otherwise provided in the Technical Specifications or the Environmental Protection Plan, APS shall report any violations of the requirements contained in Section 2.C of this license in the following manner:
Initial notification shall be made within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> to the NRC Operations Center via the Emergency Notification System with written follow-up within 30 days in accordance with the procedures described in 10 CFR 50.73(b),
(c) and (e);
G.
The licensees shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
- amended, to cover public liability claims; and H.
This license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire at midnight on December 9, 2025.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY CONNISSION Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
l.
Attachment 1
- 2.
Emergency
Response
Capabilities 3.
Appendix A-Technical Specifications 4.
Appendix B-Environmental Protection Plan 5.
Appendix C-Antitrust Conditions Date of Issuance:
ATTACHMENT 1 PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 2 OPERATING LICENSE NPF-51 This attachment identifies items which must be completed to the NRC staff's satisfaction in accordance with the schedule identified below.
1.
Prior to entering Node 1 for the first time, APS shall a.
Have installed and operable a Post Accident Sampling System which meets the provisions of NUREG-0737
( II.B.3).
b.
Have implemented actions as described in its letters dated October 29, 1984 and August 30, 1985, to correct the HEDs identified in its letter dated November 8, 1985.
c.
Have identified any differences between the Palo Verde Unit 1 and Unit 2 control rooms, evaluated the differences to identify HEDs, if any, and proposed actions and schedules to correct the HEDs.
d.
Have completed a review of the surveillance procedures applicable to the change of mode, and determined that the procedures demonstrate the operability of the required systems with respect to all acceptance criteria defined in the Technical Specifications.
e.
Have completed the design modifications to enhance the (i) automatic realignment of the charging pumps to the Refueling Water Tank gravity feed line via Valve CH-536 and (ii) the Volume Control Tank level instrumentation, in accordance with the commitments identified in ANPP letter 33771 dated October 22, 1985.
f.
Have dispatched written notification to the NRC Regional Administrator, Region V, that the action defined in (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, has been completed for Node 1 entry.
2.
APS shall perform compensatory
- measures, complete testing and make operable all elements of the Radiation Monitoring System in accordance with the schedule and commitments presented in ANPP Letter 34129 dated November 29, 1985.
3.
APS shall submit the following information concerning the charging pumps to the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation in accordance with the schedules and commitments presented in ANPP Letters 34127 and 34174, dated November 29, 1985 and December 5, 1985, respectively:
a.
An evaluation of the effects of gas binding an operating charging pump assuming that the pump has a preexisting crack in the block.
If this postulated condition will lead to a fai lure of the pump to deliver the required flow, APS shall also include with the evaluation a proposed course of action regarding this outcome.
b.
An evaluation and implementation schedule, for staff approval, regarding the long-term solution which considers alternative hardware changes that may be necessary to eliminate the need for venting hydrogen from the suction of the charging pumps.
ATTACHMENT 2 PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT 2 OPERATING LICENSE NPF-51 APS shall complete the following requirements of NUREG-0737 Supplement No.
1 on the schedule noted below:
(a)
APS shall implement the provisions of Regulatory Guide 1.97, Revision 2 in accordance with the schedule provided in ANPP Letter 33965 dated November 8, 1985.
(b)
By April 30, 1986, the Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS) shall be ready for operation.
The system shall not be used by the operators for accident evaluation until the NRC staff has approved its use.